Feature description
Disambiguate different versions of a an album via tags in this order, if they are found: MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMID, ALBUM, ALBUMVERSION. After some troubleshooting, I think I found that Symfonium splits albums on EITHER mbid and album, OR album and albumversion.
Problem solved
I have multiple box sets that contain different mixes of the same album. When using MusicBrainz tags, all albums in a box set have a a single MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMID. MusicBrainz also gives the box set a single ALBUM name and puts the original album name in the DISCSUBTITLE tag. This works and is technically correct, but I would like the albums to keep their original titles.
To split albums with the same title but different mixes, I use ALBUMVERSION to specify the mix. Symfonium now shows these albums combined due to the same mbid and album tags, and seems to ignore the albumversion tags in this case.
If I change the album tag, or change (or remove) the mbid tag, the albums are split the way I like. I would like to keep the mbid tag and original album titles, so the albums are split individually (not combined in the box set name, which I’m ignoring), and separated by album version.
Brought benefits
This would allow keeping the original album names for different versions of the same album within a box set where MusicBrainz gives the box a single mbid. I prefer this splitting when a box set contains all or mostly original albums. When I have a box set that is merely a compilation, I keep the box set name and it’s not a problem.
Device type
Phone
Additional description and context
Two examples in the uploaded debug log:
David Bowie, “Five Years (1969 - 1973)” box set (folder name only, not in a tag)
MBID: 16caa039-aba9-45e8-9ff1-8cca8635ff52
Albums: “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust”, and “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust” 2003 mix.
David Bowie, Who Can I Be Now (1974 - 1976) box set (folder name only, not in a tag)
MBID: 942623af-b7d9-4d02-9cf2-e2daca1de313
Albums: “Station to Station” and “Station to Station” 2010 mix.
Also “David Live” and “David Live” 2005 mix
Log upload identifier: ZestfullyBowie
EDIT: I noticed the beta adds a flag to ignore mbids, which would “fix” this issue, but I don’t want all mbids ignored, at least not unless it becomes a bigger problem. I just started retagging my collection to add mbids.
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